HYUNDAI MOTOR JAPAN R&D CENTER, INC.

Chiba, JP

HYUNDAI MOTOR JAPAN R&D CENTER, INC. Patent applications

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20130258697

POLYHEDRON TYPE LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A polyhedron type lamp apparatus for a vehicle may include a 3D polyhedron lens having a plurality of outer and inner surfaces facing each other, wherein the outer and inner surfaces may be flat and parallel to each other, at least one mirror surface formed at at least one of the inner surfaces inside the polyhedron lens to reflect light, and at least one semi-mirror surface formed at at least one of the inner surfaces inside the polyhedron lens to divide light into a transmitted light passing light outside the polyhedron lens and a reflected light reflecting light inside the polyhedron lens, wherein a plurality of point light sources may be mounted on at least one of the at least one mirror surfaces and light of the point light sources may be multi-reflected on the at least one mirror surface and the at least one semi-mirror surface.

10-03-2013

20130229817

LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A lamp apparatus for a vehicle may include a hollow tub having a mirror surface, an upper cover mounted at a side of the tub and having a first surface perpendicular to an axial direction of the tub, wherein the first surface includes a semi-mirror surface which divides light into a transmitted light passing to the outside and a reflected light reflected to the inside, a lower cover mounted at the other side of the tub and having a second surface perpendicular to the axial direction of the tub, wherein the second surface includes a mirror surface formed on an inner side thereof, and a plurality of point light sources mounted on the mirror surface of the lower cover, wherein light emitted from the point light sources is multiple-reflected between the semi-mirror surface of the upper cover and the mirror surface of the lower cover.

09-05-2013

20130229816

WIDE LIGHT REGION LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A wide light region lamp apparatus for a vehicle wherein a light emitting region thereof may be increased by covering a point light source with a patterned cover may include a semispherical reflective surface on which a mirror surface may be processed, the point light source mounted to a center of the reflective surface, and a three-dimensional cover configured to cover the point light source.

09-05-2013

20130213323

IDLE TIME CONTROL SYSTEM - An idle time control system for controlling an engine idle time by controlling an engine cooling water temperature may include a temperature detection device detecting the engine cooling water temperature, a front grill, an opening angle thereof being changeable, an opening angle changing device engaged to the front grill, and a control device controlling the opening angle changing device according to information from the temperature detection device, wherein the opening angle changing device changes the opening angle of the front grill based on a command from the control device, wherein by changing the opening angle of the front grill for cooling a radiator of a vehicle, the engine cooling water temperature may be changed and the engine idle time may be controlled.

08-22-2013

20130088147

ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENCE LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An organic EL lighting device for a vehicle is provided, which includes an organic EL lighting portion provided in a matrix form on a ceiling of the vehicle, an organic EL touch portion provided on the organic EL lighting portion, an organic EL detection portion for detecting a position in which the organic EL touch portion is touched, an organic EL determination portion for determining a lighting area of the organic EL lighting portion based on the position detected by the organic EL detection portion, and an organic EL driving portion for lighting the lighting area of the organic EL lighting portion determined by the organic EL determination portion.

04-11-2013

20130035204

MOTOR-GENERATOR SYSTEM DRIVEN BY V-BELT - A motor-generator system for a vehicle, in which power transmission between a crankshaft of an engine and a motor-generator is performed by a V-belt wound around pulleys thereof, includes a speed controller controlling the rotational speed of the V-belt within a predetermined range and provided on a crankshaft pulley mounted on the crankshaft. The motor-generator system, among others, can maintain the power transmission force of the V-belt at a high level.

02-07-2013

20120143484

FUEL EFFICIENCY RANKING METHOD FOR VEHICLE DRIVER AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - Disclosed is a technique for ranking a driver's fuel efficiency among other drivers based on various variables associated with the environment in which the vehicle is being driven. More particularly, the present invention, selects, as a category, one or more factors affecting fuel efficiency, and, as one or more, variables another one or more. Vehicle data is then collected by a communications device which is associated with a particular trip. Next an average of the fuel efficiencies and an average of the variables for the trip are calculated accordingly the selected one more categories. The fuel efficiency of the trip corresponding to a same category for every coordinate point of the variable is then statistically processed to calculate the average of the fuel efficiency and the standard deviation of the fuel efficiency and regularized (processed as a GAP calculation) to determine the ranking of a vehicle driver.

06-07-2012

20120087541

CAMERA FOR DETECTING DRIVER'S STATE - The present invention provides a camera for detecting a driver's drowsiness state, which can increase the number of pixels in an image of a driver's eye even when using an image sensor having the same number of pixels as a conventional camera instead of a high definition camera. The camera of the present invention is, thus, capable of determining whether the driver's eyes are open or closed. The camera for detecting the driver's state according to the present invention includes a cylindrical lens mounted in front of the camera configured so as to enlarge an image in the vertical direction, a convex lens located in the rear of the cylindrical lens, an image sensor for taking an image of a driver's face formed by the cylindrical lens and the convex lens, and an image processor for extracting an eye area from the image of the driver's face and determining whether the driver's eyes are open or closed.

OPERATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - The present invention provides an operation system for a vehicle capable of shortening an operation time, reducing an operation load, and improving visibility of a display section. The operation system includes an operation section on which a camera capturing a finger and a touch panel are installed, and a display section installed away from the operation section, and further includes a finger determination processor determining from an image captured by the camera whether or not an object approaching the operation section is a hand, a conversion processor converting a determination signal of the finger determination processor into a display instruction signal and outputting the converted result, and a pop-up processor displaying an operation button or an operation window on the display section before the hand is touched to the touch panel on the basis of the display instruction signal input from the conversion processor.

03-10-2011

20110037288

DOOR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A door structure of a vehicle includes a reinforcing member horizontally extending from a leading end, which is connected to a leading reinforce-installation fitting, and to a tail end, which is connected to a tail reinforce-installation fitting, an upper vertical beam extending from an upper end, which is connected to a head-installation fitting, to a lower end, which is connected to the tail reinforce-installation fitting, a lower vertical beam inclined to the upper vertical beam and extending from an upper end, which is connected to the tail reinforce-installation fitting, to a lower end, which is connected to a base-installation fitting, and a horizontal beam positioned below the reinforcing member and extending from a leading end, which is connected to a leading beam-installation fitting, to a tail end, which is connected to a tail beam-installation fitting, such that the horizontal beam intersects the lower vertical beam.

02-17-2011

20100259372

SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING VIEWS OF VEHICLE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS - The present invention provides a system for displaying views of a vehicle and its surroundings. Preferably, the system for displaying views of a vehicle and its surroundings includes one or more cameras for photographing a vehicle and its surroundings, obstacle detection means for detecting an obstacle outside the vehicle, a memory unit for previously storing alternative views corresponding to the obstacle, and a view processing unit for creating a bird's eye view from a virtual viewpoint outside the vehicle based on views acquired by the cameras. When the obstacle detection means detects the obstacle, the view processing unit secures the obstacle, selects an alternative view corresponding to the secured obstacle, reads the alternative view from the memory unit, changes a direction and inclination of the selected alternative view in line with the virtual viewpoint, and then overlaps the changed alternative view on the bird's eye view.

10-14-2010

20100238280

APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING VEHICULAR DEVICES - The present invention provides an apparatus for manipulating vehicular devices. In preferred embodiments, the apparatus described by the present invention includes a manipulator checking unit, a photographing unit, a plurality of image display units, a line of sight detection unit, a line of sight region determination unit, and a display control unit. The invention also features a motor vehicle comprising the apparatus for manipulating vehicular devices as described herein.

ROTOR HAVING EMBEDDED PERMANENT MAGNET - A structure for arranging a permanent magnet suitable for a rotor core having a thin, circular, hollow ring section and a structure for reducing the amount of the permanent magnet are provided.

INPUT APPARATUS FOR IN-VEHICLE DEVICES - An input apparatus for in-vehicle devices is easy to use and facilitates recognizing the position of fingertips. For this, the input apparatus includes a control unit including a recess allowing fingers to be inserted threreinto and having a control surface on an inner side wall thereof, a control switch disposed on the control surface, and a camera horizontally photographing the fingers inserted into the recess; and a display unit displaying an image of the fingers photographed by the camera to overlay on a control screen.

09-02-2010

20100144487

MOTOR-GENERATOR SYSTEM DRIVEN BY V-BELT - A motor-generator system for a vehicle, in which power transmission between a crankshaft of an engine and a motor-generator is performed by a V-belt wound around pulleys thereof, includes a speed controller controlling the rotational speed of the V-belt within a predetermined range and provided on a crankshaft pulley mounted on the crankshaft. The motor-generator system, among others, can maintain the power transmission force of the V-belt at a high level.

06-10-2010

20100114442

METHOD OF ADJUSTING CHARACTERISTICS OF A CLUTCH IN A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A method of adjusting the characteristics of a clutch in a hybrid electric vehicle, more particularly to a method of adjusting characteristic of a clutch for a hybrid electric vehicle, which is capable of maintaining the characteristic of the clutch at an appropriate level while suppressing the frequency of the adjustment as possible, thereby a driver or passengers of the vehicle hardly feel annoyance caused by frequent adjustment of characteristic of a clutch.

05-06-2010

20100108420

METHOD OF CONTROLLING CLUTCH TRANSFER TORQUE IN HYBRID VEHICLE - A method of controlling clutch transfer torque in a hybrid vehicle comprises estimating clutch characteristics from a relation between a control current for a clutch hydraulic valve and a clutch transfer torque corresponding to the control current for the clutch hydraulic valve. With the method, a clutch friction coefficient can be precisely estimated, thereby reducing/eliminating a shock that can occur in the event of the clutch going on or off.

05-06-2010

20090243880

Alarm system for alerting driver to presence of objects - Alarm systems comprises an eye gaze direction detecting part, an obstacle detecting device and an alarm controlling part. The eye gaze direction detecting part determines a vehicle driver's field of view by analyzing facial images of a driver of the vehicle pictured by using a camera equipped in the vehicle. The obstacle detecting device detects the presence of an obstacle in the direction unobserved by the driver using a radar equipped in the vehicle, the direction of which radar is set up in the direction not attended by the driver on the basis of data detected by the eye gaze monitor. The alarm controlling part determines whether to make an alarm in case an obstacle is detected by the obstacle detecting device. The systems can detect the negligence of a vehicle driver in observing the front view targets and release an alarm to prevent the driver from any possible danger.

10-01-2009

20090237268

INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - The present invention provides an information display system for a vehicle displaying a vehicle image overlapped with a panorama view image, and the information display system provides information around the vehicle, condition of the vehicle or information for a dangerous place to the driver with easy understand.

MOVABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a movable display device which has a high awareness of a display content while a sight line moving angle between a sight line connecting a driver's eye to display means and a sight line connecting the driver's eye to a target is small, thereby alleviating the driver's fatigue.

05-21-2009

20090122555

Lamp fixture - A lamp fixture has a hollow shape, such as a pyramid or a cone. The fixture includes a light source mount at a vertex of the shape, configured for light from a light source to enter the shape therethrough; reflecting inner surfaces on sides of the shape; and a design element on or in at least one of the sides. The design element may be a slit, a hole, a transparent element, a color pattern, a three-dimensional object, a prominence, an uneven surface, or a combination thereof.

05-14-2009

20090087726

Support structure for battery modules - The present invention provides a grommet of a support structure for battery modules, which is easy to assemble, is reduced in the number of parts and has a simple and easy structure. The support structure for battery modules, which comprises a grommet having at least one hollow portion formed therein for fitting a cylindrical battery module thereto, the grommet being integrally formed as a single unit, wherein the grommet comprises: a first fitting section and a second fitting section formed in such a fashion that the grommet is horizontally or vertically cut inwardly from one end thereof so as to divide the hollow portion into two parts; and a foldable section for interconnecting the first fitting section and the second fitting section so as to allow the first fitting section and/or the second fitting section to be opened or closed thereabout.

04-02-2009

20080217209

Storage device for battery modules - A storage device for battery modules is provided, which comprises a plurality of retaining members that are fastened to one another in a stack; receiving portions that form spaces divided by interfaces between the retaining members and arranged in plurality of lines along the interfaces; and shock-absorbing members that are mounted on the receiving portions to surround the battery modules.